| 单词 | back country |
| 例句 | And who will they find to take food from out in the back country? A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The annals of Appalachian Trail hikes are full of tales of hikers being mugged by bears in the back country of the Smokies. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Civilization, perhaps inevitably, is creeping into what was once an improbable undomesticated back country. Is that a forest downtown? 2012-07-07T16:00:00Z And, by luring Theodore Roosevelt into the back country of Yosemite, he inspired Roosevelt’s innovative conservation programs. The Week Ahead: April 17 ? 23 2011-04-15T14:13:52Z With modern light weight back packing gear the back country is now full of people. A National Park’s Plea: Enjoy the Animals; Don’t Act Like One 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “This was a strange land for me,” he says of the harsh back country where he’s tracked down Bidarte, “and strangely enough I liked it.” Yo, Ray Boy: Crime Novels That Speak in Local Voices 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Just remember if you go to the back country to catch trout, DON'T EAT IT! until you read this article! New Zealand for Beginners 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z There are also more than 30 miles of back country Nordic ski and snowshoe trails. A warm winter welcome amid the snowy mountains of Wyoming 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “They were in the back country to camp.” A grizzly bear attack leaves 2 people dead in western Canada. Park rangers kill the bear 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z On March 9, Ms. Jackson and her husband, both avid back country skiers, packed their shovels, probes and beacons and set off down the snow-covered mountain. Rare Ice Sheet Forms on a Lake Tahoe Bay 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z He relished being out on the water or in the back country, and was described by friends as a natural athlete who seemed to effortlessly carry his body through some of the most difficult maneuvers. Kyle Smaine, world champion halfpipe skier, dies in avalanche in Japan 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Nine other students, three instructors and two search and rescue members stayed the night in the back country after the lightning strike, school officials said. Lightning kills 1 at remote Wyoming outdoor educator event 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z "I just hope there is not some poor soul up in some of the back country lanes that hasn't been seen yet by anyone." Storm Arwen: 'We're wearing five layers of clothes to keep warm' 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z "I injured my hip in a back country skiing helicopter crash on a mountaintop in Telluride many years ago," Brinkley captioned a photo of her bandaged hip. Christie Brinkley, 66, flaunts her flat abs in selfie: ‘I am overjoyed to be able to move my body again’ 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Garrett’s economy relies on agriculture, small business and tourism that draws Washington- and Baltimore-area residents to its wooded back country, state parks with waterfalls, ski resorts and Deep Creek Lake. Isolated residents and an overwhelmed hospital: Covid-19 hits Western Maryland 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z He loved to mountain bike with his father, Bill, and he seemed to dance when he skied in the back country, according to his childhood friend Adam Kingman. Kyle Smaine, world champion halfpipe skier, dies in avalanche in Japan 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z “Not that this would ever be a chosen environment, but it does allow for” richer foods, including fondue, and even “picnics in the back country, albeit quick.” Perspective | Think it will soon be too cold to eat outside? Heed this advice from Alaska, Scandinavia — even the South Pole 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z The waiver continues overnight for campers at developed campgrounds and in the Red River Gorge back country. Daniel Boone Forest waives some fees for Veterans Day 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Both the August and North Complex fires were ignited in that storm, continued burning in the back country, then exploded with this week’s heatwave and high winds. California's staggering fire toll: A record 3 million acres, and it's still early 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Campfires are not allowed in the park’s back country. Small fire burns south of Old Faithful in Yellowstone park 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z The United States last week hardened its position on the South China Sea, saying it would back countries in the region that challenge Beijing’s claim to about 90% of the strategic waterway. ‘Ugly face’: U.S. and China trade barbs in Myanmar as South China Sea rift deepens 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z North Cascades National Park and surrounding back country areas also receive far fewer visitors each year than places such as Yellowstone or Glacier national parks, where the majority of the nation’s grizzlies roam, Gunnell said. Conservation groups upset by North Cascades grizzly decision 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Gunnell said 80% of the people who provided public comments on the bears supported growing the population by bringing grizzlies to the back country in and around North Cascades National Park. Feds scrap plans to reintroduce grizzlies to North Cascades 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Her family was driving along a back country road, looking for a place to stop for a child who needed to use the restroom. Digital Green Book would help Black people find safe places 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Block, Hernandez and a companion who was not identified were riding in the back country on low-angle slopes and in meadows and were avoiding steeper slopes, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center report said. Men killed in Colorado avalanche were trying to leave area 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “I think reducing the tahr population needs to be done in a staged way. Otherwise, it will set back country relations with hunters by a decade.” Alpine ecosystems at risk as tahr population booms in New Zealand 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Despite the excellent habitat, recovery of the animals in the North Cascades will require that some bears be imported into the back country, Gunnell said. Conservation groups upset by North Cascades grizzly decision 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z The center urged people skiing in the back country to use extreme caution. Colorado authorities identify skier killed in avalanche 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z “This is the beginning of full motorization of the back country,” said Michael Carroll, senior director for the People Outdoors Program at The Wilderness Society. Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump administration wants to open up more public trails to e-bikes. No one knows exactly what that means. 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z "It not only damages the land itself, but is also the access point for people who drive around the back country looking for archaeological sites to loot." Utah activists, tribes slam government's off-roading approval at Bears Ears monument 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z This is a small city in the back country, nearly an hour’s drive on winding roads from the nearest interstate highway. A remote Virginia valley has been flooded by prescription opioids 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z I could easily imagine strapping a couple of dirt bikes into the bed and hitting the back country without any worry about road conditions. The 2020 Jeep Gladiator is a beastly pickup truck that's built to be battered 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z “It is a very remarkable fact that the domestic cat is to be found everywhere throughout the dry back country,” one pastoralist reported in 1885. Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Authorities warn that difficult and potentially life-threatening conditions will probably remain in the Sierra back country throughout the spring and into summer. Climbers stuck near Mt. Whitney are rescued by helicopter 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Placing utility wires underground in the state’s back country, better protecting transformers and taking other expensive steps would take years to complete. California’s energy challenge: How — and whether — to save PG&E, a utility that could face monumental fire liabilities 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z To save yourself some gastrointestinal anguish in the back country, pack a Lifesaver Liberty. Why Camping Alone Can Make You a Mental Winner 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Riding in the back country with his brother Craig in March, the then-23-year-old caught an edge as he took off for a jump and spiralled into a tree. McMorris 'stoked' with slopestyle bronze after injury hell 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z The colonists in Georgia’s back country were not joining the British side as they’d expected, giving rise to a nickname for the region, Chewning said. American Revolution battlefield expands in ‘Hornet’s Nest’ 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Riding in the back country with his brother Craig in March, the then-23-year-old caught an edge as he took off for a jump and spiraled into a tree. McMorris just happy to be back after horrific injuries 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “We don’t need 10,000-acre clear cuts in the back country to solve this.” How Washington's formula for fighting wildfires makes them worse 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z “For those living along waterways, keep all flood mitigation measures in place and for those with recreation plans in the back country next weekend, prepare accordingly.” From 122 degrees in Death Valley to 100 in Sacramento, heat wave to plague California this week 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Riding in the back country with his brother Craig in March, the then-23-year-old caught an edge as he took off for a jump and spiralled into a tree. McMorris 'stoked' with slopestyle bronze after injury hell 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z In 1945, Kjome sailed aboard a cargo ship to the South African province, where she spent the next 17 years treating patients in back country clinics. Missionary, nurse, activist reflects on growing old 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Riding in the back country with his brother Craig in March, the then-23-year-old caught an edge as he took off for a jump and spiraled into a tree. McMorris just happy to be back after horrific injuries 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Jackson held up the simple life of the Tennessee back country as the “real” America. Can we redeem “civic virtue” in the age of Donald Trump? John Adams might have understood what just happened 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z He drives the back country roads not only to watch the progress of crops, but also to see what old finds are rusting in the shelter belts. Lidgerwood farmer restores antique tractors, combines 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Through the night, it carried them higher into the Jarbidge mountains, deeper into the back country. Death by GPS: are satnavs changing our brains? 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z And last September, he hiked high into the California back country with his spouse and a friend to recapture enemy-controlled portals in Kerrick Meadow near Yosemite National Park. Ingress Has the World as Its Game Board 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The sheriff’s office says the men had been in the back country since Thursday. Father in basement entrapment surrenders; son still at large 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Being in the back country—on unpatrolled, ungroomed terrain—surrounded by nature, away from the crowds, is what appeals to her most. Ski Mountaineering Has Its Ups and Downs 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The mother was shot with a tranquilizer dart in a tree at Incline High School Wednesday, days after she and her cub were trapped and released in the back country above Carson City. Nevada officials revise plans to reunite captured bear, cub 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z She applies some of the same principles of finding the path of least resistance in urban areas to the back country. The blind hiker who takes on the wilderness - BBC News 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Gregory will soon sell new backpacks with easily removable solar panels, designed for multiday adventures in the back country. Backpack Makers Rethink a Student Staple 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Besides trail maintenance and education, the back country horsemen are also extremely politically active in their fight to change public policy. Red Top resident coordinates riders, forest 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z On weekends she goes for longer back country tours, anywhere from four to eight hours, with Mr. Guy. Ski Mountaineering Has Its Ups and Downs 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Their disappearance led to several ground and aerial searches of the back country. Body of man, ailing woman may be couple missing for 2 weeks 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says the back country avalanche danger in Eagle County is considerable. Skiers caught in avalanche escape serious injury 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Jasmine Minbashian, spokeswoman for Conservation Northwest, said the proposal takes a more responsible approach to managing motorized travel in the back country than the current situation. Forest Service proposes limits on ATVs, motor bikes in Okanogan-Wenatchee Nat’l Forest 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z It's not clear whether his death was related to the back country or even cooking. The cook immortalised with a mountain 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z To get to the most beautiful places in the Rockies, you need a car with the power and reliability to get you into the back country. A Mountainous Reminder Of Fracking's Link To Cheap Gasoline 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z “Playing cricket in America helps me remember my back country,” Chowdhury said. Immigrants fueling a US boom in cricket 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The probe of the shooting involved infrared video recorded from an airplane that circled the back country campsite. FBI cleared in shooting death of California murder-kidnap suspect 2014-05-07T19:53:54Z These apply to all types of snowboarding, from halfpipe, to big air, to back country and free riding. A Beginner's Guide to Snowboarding 2014-01-01T13:00:00Z So far the Rim Fire has scorched more than 66,000 acres inside Yosemite National Park, mostly in less-visited back country areas. California Wildfire Not Started by Illegal Marijuana Growers 2013-09-05T03:15:00.517Z Marshals, were scouring the Idaho back country on foot and on horseback looking for clues on the pair's whereabouts, Dearden said. Suspect in California murder, kidnapped girl believed seen in Idaho 2013-08-10T06:24:24Z Marshals, were scouring the Idaho back country on foot and on horseback seeking clues about the pair's whereabouts, Dearden said. Suspect in California murder, kidnapped girl believed seen in Idaho 2013-08-10T01:55:56Z Udall, an experienced outdoorsman who lived in Carbondale, Colorado, was reported overdue last Friday, two days after his planned exit from the back country, according to authorities. Missing brother of Senator Mark Udall found dead in Wyoming 2013-07-04T01:29:55Z "Mr. Udall was reported overdue on Friday, June 28, two days after his planned exit from the back country," the sheriff's office said in a statement. Brother of Senator Mark Udall missing in Wyoming 2013-07-02T00:56:40Z Authorities descended on the cabin after a group of people looking for antlers shed by deer encountered Knapp in the back country of central Utah. Utah survivalist "Mountain Man" captured after standoff 2013-04-03T21:25:43Z Haines is an increasingly popular destination for skiers willing to pay for helicopter flights to reach new and steep back country terrain. Alaska heli-skiing guide killed in mountain accident 2013-03-04T23:56:47Z Torres began his career with the National Park Service in 1998 as a back country park ranger at Olympic National Park in Washington State. Managing emergency services at the Grand Canyon National Park 2013-02-27T05:01:00Z At least for now, then, the misfits will remain in their colony, part of mainstream psychiatry but still in the back country. Clearing the Fog Around Personality Disorders 2012-11-26T23:17:17Z I cannot see why we should quarrel with our neighbors and although the negroes are turbulent in the back country, one leaves them alone. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z The carriers form a distinct class in the back country. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z In the purely physical sense “interior” or “back country” is more commonly used, but the word has gained a distinct political significance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Domingo, his associate, as of course you know, rambles through the back country. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z One day Friend Deborah drove Lydia far up a shady back country road in search of a woman who wove rag rugs. Little Friend Lydia 2012-02-14T03:00:25.563Z Here was room for the extension of a large city, naturally drained, and free from the possibility of floods, with ready access to the back country. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z Often in a country that a score of years ago was considered a remote district in the back country, one will now meet with a handsome mansion surrounded by extensive gardens, pleasure-grounds and plantations. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z It was a very dry season in the back country, and the rivers brought down very diminished streams into the great basins. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z There is a small, rickety saw-mill in operation, to which farmers from the back country haul in pine logs, of which there are some hundreds neatly piled in an adjoining field. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z He makes his headquarters at Tehuantepec, but his compulsion to see the "back country" has taken him to many remote parts of southern Oaxaca. A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico 2011-12-31T03:00:17.400Z You can't reckon on getting a deer for every shot, and although, as a rule, the deer are pretty numerous about the small clearings, in some belts of back country you can't find one. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z At the ranch, the dudes are gone for the season, the cabins cold and empty, the back country tents stored for the long winter. Family Fights to Keep Running Grand Teton Dude Ranch 2011-11-19T03:35:31Z The governor was captured, but many of the inhabitants fled into the back country, and a guerrilla warfare was kept up which shut up the Dutch inside the fortifications. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z In the back country he is little better than his dog. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z In the back country there are some grand and extensive forests, which produce fine cabinet woods and superior dye woods. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Standing near the confluence of two such mighty streams, an almost immeasurable extent of back country must flow to it with its produce, and be supplied from it with merchandise. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z All the way from New England to Georgia a back country society had been formed, with characteristics in many ways distinct from that of the Tidewater settlements. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The sheriff cautioned people traveling into Colorado's back country, especially over the long holiday weekend, to be prepared for rapidly changing weather conditions at high elevations. Searchers find bodies likely of missing Colorado hikers 2011-07-02T22:42:37Z In the evening I was seated on one of those little round Apingi stools, and Remandji and I were talking about the back country. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z There were no motor-cars to come roaring down at us from around corners with dazzling glare of monster eyes, or so few that they were not met on back country roads. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z His firm gave him a small venture to Detroit on condition that he penetrate to the back country, which was then almost entirely unexplored, and open up trade with the Indians. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z The simple back country constituted a debtor society, in need of an expanding credit; the coast was more aristocratic and more capitalistic. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z During the siege a few of us who were fond of fighting found opportunities of being shot at in the back country. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z Below this point the back country on the Syrian side has always been a complete desert. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Poor and parched, this town lies in the maw of the sertão, a harsh stretch of back country known for dust devils, religious processions, and funerals. Marta: Brazil's Pint-Size Football Star 2011-02-20T05:00:00Z It is a cut through the back country with only a couple of companies for a following, as though one were sneaking through the bush to escape the foe. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z In many instances the back country won; its victories are reflected in the provisions for religious toleration and in the democratic tendencies of the new state constitutions formed during and after the Revolution. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z He belonged to a mob of cattle-stealers that used to duff cattle in the back country, and pass them over to Queensland. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z “The problem with cellphones is reliability in back country, miles from the road,” Mr. Stevenson said. Novelties: Messages From the Wilderness, via Satellite 2011-01-29T18:25:37Z And not just the proverbially patriotic apple, but the particular fruit of your own back country. American pie 2010-04-16T14:11:00Z I found by tracing back that this soubriquet was first given by the French courriers du bois to a new hand entering the back country for the first time. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. There were other important consequences from the settlement of the back country. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Cotton is also grown, and the back country sends down hides and skins for shipment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" There was rumor of vast caves that riddled the back country. Unexplored! After passing Louisa we are more than ever in what seems to be back country, lonely and apparently sparsely settled. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Cornwallis moved with his main force on the 12th of December, in a northwest direction between the Broad River and the Catawba, leading toward the back country. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools In the summer and autumn the population increased, as the planters' families stayed in the metropolis to escape the unhealthfulness of the back country. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The back country from Matanzas is rich in sugar and coffee plantations. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time Jeeps were common in the Philippines, since they were ideal vehicles for the back country. The Golden Skull When the rails connect her with the "back country" she will undoubtedly become a powerful city. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Those who remembered how to steer by hand, mainly persons with obsolete cars, were able to travel by using back country roads. Joy Ride In Massachusetts Governor Shirley used a rumor that the French were seizing places in the back country to obtain a large grant. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z I did not expect to find anything of the kind in this back country. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Nearly all males of the back country have a grave and deliberate bearing. Our Southern Highlanders We should have considered our visit to California very incomplete without having seen San Diego, its Southern seas and its fascinating "back country." Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway "I vow it's a shame to see such a harbor as this, an' think o' all the back country, an' how things were goin' on here in our young days." The Life of Nancy "Cut off ... from the men of the east, the men of the 'back country' felt no more sympathy for the former than they received from them." The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z But it is the duty of the national government to improve harbors, dredge streams, dig canals for navigation and irrigation, erect levees to protect the back country, and build locks and dams when needed. The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce This, I suppose, is the limit; but there are very many practicing physicians in the back country who could not name or locate the arteries of either foot or hand to save their lives. Our Southern Highlanders Her mother had a few mild words to say about long excursions out in the back country, in this sort of weather. The Peace of Roaring River He had been a sort of market-gardener for the plaza, and knew the back country perfectly. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 Lumbering and ship-building.—The uncleared back country was a continual source of profit. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The back country gets the bulk of the business. The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce By far the most comfortable way to stay in the back country at present is in a camp of one’s own where he can keep things tidy and have food to suit him. Our Southern Highlanders They understood too well the forceful methods of the back countries, where the laws of civilization had difficulty in reaching. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Emergency landing fields are not exactly common in the back country of South America. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The frontiersmen held back the Indian allies of the British, and by settlement and conquest secured large areas of the back country. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z My client, when he heard about the place being for sale, wanted to buy it for a back country for his beeves to winter in. The Hound From The North He could never understand the man’s object in the isolation of the life he had lived for so many years here in the back country of the West. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills He'll strike off for the back country, the wire shews that. Australia Revenged He looked at the lads who were so new to the back country and who had played the game so well. In the Musgrave Ranges The lower towns were in the foothills of the back country of Georgia and South Carolina. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z In a very few years there was a band of wild horses roaming the woods in the back country. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 I’m nothing but jest a plain feller who’s lived all his life in this back country. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills During the town-lot lunacy it was said that San Diego could not grow because it had no back country, and the retort was that it needed no back country, its harbor would command commerce. Our Italy It was their first sight of the back country. In the Musgrave Ranges The proposals were not carried out, but soon the back country was settled by Germans and Scotch-Irish, who formed a stronger barrier of defence than walls and palisades. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z In the first thirty years, some of the cattle went wild in the back country, but many of the cows were kept in the vicinity of the Jamestown headquarters. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 The back country was swampy bottom land, covered with a rank growth of timber, intersected with lagoons and almost impassable except by a few rude roads. Ulysses S. Grant It is discovered that San Diego has a "back country" capable of producing great wealth. Our Italy The cook was the only white man on the station when they reached Sidcotinga, and he made them welcome with the genuine rough hospitality for which the back country is famous. In the Musgrave Ranges The southern frontier.—The back country of the Carolinas and Georgia was the land of the hunters, cowboys, and Indian traders. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z This town carries on a considerable trade with the back country, and contains nearly two hundred dwellings, mostly built of stone. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe We may have to retreat to the back country of Pennsylvania; but winter is coming, Lord Howe is not an energetic foe, and he will hardly press us after the snow falls. Washington Crossing the Delaware To it the east was a back country; and its front face was to the west. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness These latter pests are the curse of the back country. In the Musgrave Ranges The back country of Virginia was also a scene of massacre and rapine. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z It wants a fertile back country; and it is too far removed from the western states to have much trade. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The advance party of eight started on October 29, under the guidance of a man named Wright, who was said to have practical knowledge of the 'back country.' The Red True Story Book It passed a cart drawn by two horses whose hempen harness told of the back country. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere Let him then imagine a back country, extending for some hundred miles into the interior of Africa, fertile and highly cultivated, producing great stores of corn, and wine, and rich fruits of every description. Hannibal Makers of History Prominent among the pioneers on the western waters were the Scotch-Irish who had settled the back country of the older colonies and stood waiting at the western passes. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Ours was by no means a singular experience in the history of Australian pioneers in the back country. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Before 1795 boats coming down the James River from the back country landed at Westham, located just above the falls, and the tobacco was then carried into Richmond by wagon. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" Such a scheme, Sir Thomas said, would bring the three principal ports, Brisbane, Rockhampton and Townsville, in touch with their western back country, which would also have its choice of ports. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 The former almost infinitely depreciating our back country and the latter totally destroying us as a maritime power. The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia As the traveler passed into the back country, he found roads growing poorer and poorer, gradually deteriorating into mere trails. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The place was Rawlins, Wyoming, and it was an outfitting point for a back country in Colorado hundreds of miles from the railroad. The Fighting Edge The gradual destruction of the fertility of the soil in the Tidewater country and the expansion of the tobacco industry into the back country made direct consignment less feasible. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" The child who learns to respect flowers will never be one of that discreditable company who by sheer vandalism are constantly driving the wild flowers farther into the back country, finally exterminating whole species. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young She 201 is about forty miles out in the back country in a little shack a mile off the Viejas grade. Eve to the Rescue In the back country there were only two small towns, most of the people being located on plantations along the rivers and on the islands. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The sun was getting low when Griggs finished a long search of the back country with the glass he carried, and ended by closing it and thrusting it into the case. The Peril Finders Customers of all sorts, from the rough fishermen who came up from the harbour to the old Irishwomen from the back country roads, liked him. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Kingston wanted a populous back country then, and still wants it because the soil is stoney and not therefore so well adapted for agricultural operations as the soils of other parts of the province. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 There were squatters from the back country, planters, clerks, merchants, lawyers, and doctors, all with their coats off, and we were told that this habit of going without coats is universal. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent These he had procured from some back country in the interior—partly by traffic with other king-monsters like himself, and partly by means of man-hunting expeditions, which he had made with his ferocious troops. Ran Away to Sea Columbus, having come from the back country, did not know the names of half a dozen boats, and what he knew about were those which touched daily at the wharf of Greenbank. The Hoosier School-boy They constituted a distinct people, and may be regarded as an expansion of the social and economic life of the middle region into the back country of the South. The Frontier in American History Kingston, as a town, was then inferior even to Newark, but the back country was in a more advanced state, as far as cultivation was concerned. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 It was life at its roughest and wildest in that back country, and he could not let Nealie venture alone in her youth and ignorance where so many perils might beset her path. The Adventurous Seven Their Hazardous Undertaking Before long he was out in the suburbs of the town, traveling up the back country into the hills. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving At the time of the outbreak he led a party of refugees at the greatest risk to himself through the back country to Shakopee. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History In all except the mountainous areas the industrial organization of the tidewater took possession of the Southwest, the unity of the back country was broken, and the solid South was formed. The Frontier in American History And, to that back country, the Cuban must go. Plotting in Pirate Seas It is away in the back country, about fifty miles204 from everywhere, I imagine. The Adventurous Seven Their Hazardous Undertaking You see, we're after a passel o' convicts that broke loose from a camp back country a bit, where they was farmed out to a planter. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie In this back country, the great plantation was not often found, and slavery played little part. Beginnings of the American People They apportioned the State legislatures so that the property-holding minority of the tide-water lands were able to outvote the more populous back countries. The Frontier in American History It is therefore a work of real importance to preserve permanently this unwritten ballad literature of the back country and the frontier. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads I should think that Belleville has nearly four thousand inhabitants; and, as it is the outlet of a rich back country, and on the main road from Kingston to Toronto, it will increase most rapidly. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 I am therefore of opinion that they will all be found endeavouring to make their way into the back country by way of False Gap. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron They were carried by the western counties under the leadership of Patrick Henry, recently elected from the back country to sit in sober home-spun garb with the modish aristocrats of the tide-water. Beginnings of the American People It is unfortunate that the colonial back country appealed so long to historians solely in connection with the colonial wars, for the development of its society, its institutions and mental attitude all need study. The Frontier in American History I almost send a small collection of religious tracts, chiefly compiled for the use of inquiring people in our back countries, where such books are much wanted. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Chancellor Livingston informs me that he has got an edition of them printed at Albany, for the information of the people in the back country, where, he says, it is so much wanted. Priestley in America 1794-1804 The walls receded from the river, forming what the Major named the Orange Cliffs, and were much broken, while the back country could be seen in places from our boats. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Nor were all the settlers of the Virginia back country emancipated servants. Beginnings of the American People The men of the interior resented the extortionate fees and the poll tax, which bore with unequal weight upon the poor settlers of the back country. The Frontier in American History This was Laurette, the boss's only daughter, who had that morning driven over from the settlements in the back country, to bring him some comforts of mended woollens and to bid "the drive" God-speed. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories At the age of fifteen he had explored the back country for miles roundabout. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers Brush Creek we called it believing it to be the mouth of a stream in the back country known by that name. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Missionaries who preached the Great Awakening in western Pennsylvania and in the Southern back country were often enough appalled by evidence of ignorance and low morals. Beginnings of the American People Let us first examine the northern part of the movement into the back country. The Frontier in American History Then they got off the trail, and wandered into the back country. The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats After him, grasping his rifle with both hands across his chest, his weatherbeaten brows puckered as he picks his way over the tumbled stones, comes the living embodiment of the Australian back country. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights His interests in the golden world of Leaping Horse were left behind him, while he satisfied his passion in the far hidden back countries where man is a mere incident in the world's unbroken silences. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Those who went into the back country received little assistance from Government, either English or colonial, in extending the frontier, and but little in defending it. Beginnings of the American People Not only did Boston and other New England towns increase as trading centers when the back country settled up, but an even more significant interchange occurred along the Valley and Piedmont. The Frontier in American History The fishing was still far above reproach, a little further back country—and Dexter Allison owned the sawmills that droned in the valley. Then I'll Come Back to You She had been to the Gold Coast, where wild African chiefs conjured elephants' tusks out of the mysterious back country and traded them for beads, trinkets and gay cloth. Days of the Discoverers Canada has a vast, an illimitable back country—the area of all Russia; and to the lakes and wild rivers and mountain passes of that country her people are born and bred. The Canadian Commonwealth In the cities or the "back country" it is different. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches As the sectaries of the back country increased, dissatisfaction with the established church grew. The Frontier in American History Several years ago, a man and his wife acquired one of the early Dutch farmhouses of the New Jersey back country. If You're Going to Live in the Country He has money saved and in the bank, and has a hundred-acre farm in the back country somewhere. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life In the midst of his stump campaign against Orientals he found in the room of his cook original drawings of Fort Esquimalt, of Vancouver Harbor and of Victoria back country. The Canadian Commonwealth There is a place in the back country near Escondido, where at the time of the harvest moon an Indian play with music is given every year. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches Particularly the Revolutionary constitutions of Pennsylvania and Virginia, under the influence of the back country, insured religious freedom. The Frontier in American History Still great sections of back country, too far from railroads and electric car lines, remained strictly rural. If You're Going to Live in the Country But finally, I found an old fellow in the back country who had known old Post. The Enchanted Canyon The Indians saw the two ride into the back country. The Canadian Commonwealth Its area was discontinuous, and its inland boundaries towards the back country were vaguely defined. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain If he had kept promises and given back country before the war, we would have been grateful; but he only give it after war, and we were not grateful. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War There was a pretty large back country which received its supplies from Hampton, and so both stores managed to do a thriving trade. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 When I overtook the party I altered the course and at 3.20 p.m. reached a creek that probably drains a great deal of back country. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills Canada's back country is her perpetual city of refuge. The Canadian Commonwealth He told me once that in some of the back country towns of Pennsylvania it nearly killed him to lecture. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him When the back country was thought safe to live in, at the urgent solicitation of Sir Jeffrey Amherst, he had gone to the northern valley with his herd, and prospered there. In the Days of Poor Richard The back country is extensive, its capabilities are so well known we need not dwell upon them. A Source Book of Australian History We left Camp 42 at 8.35 a.m. and travelled in the back country from the river. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills All the government lots are in the back country, and often wet or stony. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 "No. I go on to Port Nassau; and thence in a few days to a lodging up in the back country." Lady Good-for-Nothing He can have no respect for a people who would leave its army to starve and freeze to death in the back country. In the Days of Poor Richard This can be readily accomplished, if the farmers in the back country will study the process of sugar-making, for cane and maple sugar are, when pure, absolutely identical. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Another two will strike for the pass in the main divide, and if you get through quick enough you'll turn him off into the back country. Alton of Somasco Beauty and magnitude have a wonderful effect when they spring fresh upon the vision of a youth out of the back country. The Light in the Clearing And such whisky as Wess kept! used to go cruising around the back country, sampling little lots run out of private stills. Romance of California Life Both he and his wife had grown weary of the loneliness of the back country, and the peril from which they had been delivered was a deciding factor. In the Days of Poor Richard There is still in the back country, of course, much of that lawlessness which shames the South, but crime in that section is not peculiarly the persecution of the Negro. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Well, it turned out that she had been stopping in the back country for a month, at a house somewhere up the river, with her father. The American Baron I have to cross Baldy 'most every time I go to the back country. The Rules of the Game Being independent, and my means permitting me, I got some shooting in the back country. The Tracer of Lost Persons It has burned our defenseless towns in mid-winter; if has incited the savages to massacre our farmers' in the back country; it has driven us to a declaration of independence. In the Days of Poor Richard In that decade Mr. Webster had advanced with great strides from the position of a raw and youthful lawyer in a back country town of New Hampshire. Daniel Webster Behind the lake, or away from the river, was the low scrub of the back country in which I again saw, just coming into flower, the Cassia heteroloba discovered on the 6th instant. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The sawmill lay on the direct trail to the back country. The Rules of the Game His description of the opportunities awaiting ambitious young men in the back country influenced a half-dozen acquaintances, lawyers and others, to make the return trip with him; and among the number was Jackson. The Reign of Andrew Jackson In the back country the favorite amusement of himself and father had been shooting at a mark. In the Days of Poor Richard Retreating into the back country, and herding with the blacks, or thieving from the farmers, they merged into what were known later on as bushrangers. The Naval Pioneers of Australia The elevation of these cliffs appeared to be about five hundred feet, and nothing of the back country was seen above them. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Within five minutes of travel they did cut it; a narrow brown trough, trodden by the hoofs of many generations of cattlemen bound for the back country. The Rules of the Game Near our camp there was a long lagoon in the bed of a watercourse which seemed to be a channel from the back country. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 The back country consisted of high hummocky mountains, whose parallel edges were lying elevated one above another to a considerable distance inland. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 The chief part of its trade is in slaves, camwood, and ivory, the latter, however, being small, although Port Logo commands a very extensive back country. Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa There arose many large smokes from behind the beach; probably from the sides of lagoons, with which, there was reason to think, the back country abounded. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 They were gone for a week in the back country, and returned full of adventures over the detailing of which they laughed until they gasped. The Rules of the Game The settlers, though shut out of the back country, did, however, hold the townland on which they had squatted, and which is now the site of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. The Long White Cloud Along these channels needed imports moved into the urban centers and exports in exchange moved from the urban centers into the back country or the provinces. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History In 1755 he sent to Braddock's secretary a map of the "back country," and to the governor of Virginia plans of two forts. The True George Washington [10th Ed.] The back country was manifestly worse than any before seen on this coast. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 In the back country where the mountains were high and the wilderness unbroken, they depended for forage on the grasses of the mountain meadows. The Rules of the Game The author has tried to give some history of that uphill road, traversing the rough back country, through which men of power came once into the main highways, dusty, timid, foot-sore, and curiously old-fashioned. Darrel of the Blessed Isles A mysterious man he was, who 'carried the profile of the line in his head,' and, more than that, knew intimately the possibilities of back country which he had never seen nor travelled over. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) One day, a negro from the back country came riding rapidly to our plantation, declaring that the woods, a mile distant, were "full of Rebels," and asking where the Yankee soldiers were. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation The hills have a slight covering of green upon them, but consist of little else than sand; and from what could be seen of the back country, the soil there is scarcely better. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The children received the best schooling the back country could afford, for they were a book-loving race, fond of reading and study as well as of out-door sports. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Beyond being an outlet for surplus products of the back country, it has no importance and no attractions. Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. If the town is on a line already, then a new line to tap the back country; but at all costs a line. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) The poorer people of the back country everywhere suffer because of the harsh and improper laws of debt. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The situation of this city is advantageous, both from the direct communication which it enjoys with the Atlantic, by means of sloops and schooners, and the large tract of back country which it commands. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America When Ferguson moved into the back country of the two Carolinas still worse outrages followed. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 A planter of the back country, and a politician, his capital was a certain native shrewdness and little else. The Purchase Price In 1790 South Carolina had sent abroad a surplus of corn from the back country measuring well over a hundred thousand bushels. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime All were dressed much like the poorer peasants of the Brazilian back country, and all were pleasant and well-behaved. Through the Brazilian Wilderness By means of the Dayton canal, which runs from that town nearly parallel with the "Big Miami" river, a very extensive trade, for all kinds of produce, is established with the back country. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America He took himself as a poor back country lad, created out of the crude material the orator which often combines a Webster with Gough, and made himself a scholar of the first rank. Russell H. Conwell I used to hear tell how the govmint had to send soldiers away down in the far back country to make them turn the slaves loose. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Also, and unlike the average run of weaker men coming from back countries and far places, he failed to reverence the particular tin gods worshipped variously by the civilized tribes of men. Burning Daylight I'm tired of teaching in a back country school. Anne of the Island The shore was absolutely deserted, as well as the back country—an unbroken wilderness of sand and sage. Moran of the Lady Letty They proposed to land on the mainland opposite Zanzibar, and The German flag raised in East Africa. to conclude treaties in the back country with native chiefs placing their territories under German protection. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Well, for all the time I've been here, I know precious little about the back country. In the Midst of Alarms It has an immense back country as big as Great Britain, a first chop river, and amazin' sharp folks, most as cute as the Yankees; it's a splendid location for business. The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville And it was pleasant also to reflect that this was not an obscure, back country desert, but a very celebrated one, the metropolis itself, as you may say. Roughing It, Part 2. And now I climb the wall and go out into the back country for a walk. Canyons of the Colorado Many a dry watercourse, that is now but a slight depression, could be utilised as a channel for conducting the flood waters to the back country. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 The town being the nearest mart of a large extent of back country, there are many rough farmers and woodsmen, to whom the cavalcade was an object of curiosity and admiration. Fanshawe In short, they were so apprehensive of approaching ruin, that the whole back country was in a general motion towards the southern colonies. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 They strolled on the beach, they took long walks in the back country, they fished from the end of a pier, they smoked, they talked, and were happy and content. The Best American Humorous Short Stories The back country rose into sandstone hills covered with triodia; but there were good grassy flats on the bank of the creek. Journals of Australian Explorations A hand-glass, brought to bear upon a mirror, opened up a perspective of pretty much all the back country belonging to my skull, that is seldom equalled outside the State Prison or the Prize Ring. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 There might be some blood shed and a good few blazing roof-trees in the back country, but no Indian raid would stand against our lads. Salute to Adventurers He had with him some bales of cotton goods and a few gewgaws of various kinds and was bound, so he said, on a trading expedition into the back country. The Boy Aviators in Africa But Lafayette retreated to the back country, till reinforcements came. A Brief History of the United States The soil in the valley of the Nive is sandy, thinly grassed, and openly timbered with ironbark spotted gum, etc.; the back country rising into low sandstone ridges, covered with dense scrub of brigalow acacia. Journals of Australian Explorations Some soldiers held certificates entitling them to bounty lands in the back country under the acts of 1776 and 1780, but had no means of journeying thither. The United States of America, Part 1 The Tuscaroras are bad enough in themselves, but the worst part is that all the back country in the hills belongs to their cousins the Cherokees, and God knows how far north their sway holds. Salute to Adventurers If we come across him away in the back country, we'll soon arrange his death for you, if you make it worth while. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life From the back country came tar, pitch, turpentine, and beaver, deer, and bear skins for export. A Brief History of the United States There was a slight improvement in the grass, but dense scrubs prevailed in the back country, and even approached the river at intervals. Journals of Australian Explorations You are from the back country," but said, "I fear you will think less of society when I tell you the reasons. From Jest to Earnest It has an immense back country as big as Great Britain, a first chop river, and amazin sharp folks, most as cute as the Yankees—it's a splendid location for business. The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville A great deal of red cedar is cut on the shores and in the back country of the Steinhatchee River. Four Months in a Sneak-Box All this fuel was coming to the river from the back country, sent down along steep slides which in the distance resemble paths leading over hills but too steep for travel. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan The country was now more level and open, with grassy flats along the river, but the back country rose into low rocky sandstone hills, thinly clothed with white-gum and triodia. Journals of Australian Explorations Rocky points of hills frequently terminated on the river and occasionally opened into fine valleys and flats: in every valley a watercourse conveyed the waters from the back country to the river. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales Halifax is nothing without a river or back country; add nothing to nothing, and I guess you have nothing still—add a Rail Road to the Bay of Fundy, and how much do you get? The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville He said the Canada Goose bred in small numbers in the lakes of the back country. Four Months in a Sneak-Box Another day had gone into the great back country of time, from which the hand of God alone can pluck them and their secrets. The Maid of the Whispering Hills The back country shows no improvement, and is covered with triodia. Journals of Australian Explorations These hills separated the valley of the river from an open well grassed, but extremely stony back country; from which creeks carried the water down to the river, through gaps and openings between the hills. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Agreeable visit at St. Cloud— Description of the place— Causes of the rapid growth of towns— Gen. Lowry— The back country— Gov. Minnesota and Dacotah From the back country, along the road leading from the hospital, rattled a gig, the horse doing his utmost. Tides of Barnegat Running along logging roads in the hilly back country, or swimming in the green unpolluted water of a forest river is a spiritual experience for me. How and When to Be Your Own Doctor The principal feed was found near the banks of the rivers, the back country still yielding only a scanty supply of a red-coloured silky grass of little value except when quite fresh. Journals of Australian Explorations To the northward of this back country, other ranges ran parallel to those along the river, from northwest by west to south-east by east, and shorter ranges joined them occasionally. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 The town appears to have considerable trade with the back country. Minnesota and Dacotah The black fellows swam back across the river, each taking a child first, and then a woman, for as they came from the back country, where no creeks were, the women could not swim. Australian Legendary Tales: folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies A long term of self-communion in the back country will never leave a man as it found him. Such Is Life Though the shadows were falling, Mr. Isemonger took me to see something of the back country in a trap with a fiery Sumatra pony. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither No objection to talkin’ to your back country relation, have you?” Cap'n Warren's Wards Agreeable visit at St. Cloud— Description of the place— Causes of the rapid growth of towns— Gen. Lowry— The back country— Gov. Minnesota and Dacotah A newspaper office was familiar territory to him, as was also that back country that stretches to the horizon from the back door of every printing office. The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies In the back country, a penniless and friendless 'gentleman,' if sober and honest and possessed of some little ability, may aspire to the position of a station storekeeper. Such Is Life In the back country, sheep can always find shelter in the gullies, or under the lee of the mountain. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement Secondly, the removal of the capital is one of those old, regular, reliable dodges that are the bread-and meat of back country congressmen. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) In the summer of 1776 the Cherokees were furnished with fifty horse-loads of ammunition and were turned loose upon the back country of Georgia and the Carolinas. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond He built forts, as he had planned, and incidentally learned much of the beliefs of a group of settlers in the back country, the "Unitas Fratrum," better known as the Moravians. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Lots of perishing teams not able to get down out of the back country till now, and all making for this paddock. Such Is Life Add fern and tutu, and for the back country, spear-grass and Irishman, and we have summed up such prevalent plants as strike the eye. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement The back country, running up to hills and even mountains stuffed with ores, was not known—though indeed Spanish adventurers had wandered there and mined for gold. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings During a surveying expedition he visited Kentucky, which so pleased him that in 1774 he decided to make that part of the back country his home. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Here and there were small paper mills, glass factories-though many houses in the back country were without glass windows—potteries, and iron foundries and forges. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Hard to beat him in the back country. Such Is Life It has an orange bill and feet; and is not seen 4 in the back country during the winter. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement This was the settlement in Carolina of Albemarle, back country to Virginia, gatherer thence of many that were hardy and sound, many that were unfortunate, and many that were shiftless and untamed. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings Still more imperative were measures to conciliate the Indians; for already Pontiac's rebellion had been in progress four months, and the entire back country was aflame. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond The whole back country of the English colonies was proclaimed an Indian reserve where the King's white subjects might trade but might not acquire land. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor For the easy profanity, unconscious obscenity, and august slang of the back country scented the air like myall; whilst the aggregate repertory of bonâ fide anecdote and reminiscence was something worth while. Such Is Life In the back country this has not yet commenced, nor is it likely to do so for many years. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement Some Loyalists were deported to the wilderness in the back country. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence Men who had invested heavily in lands lying west of the mountains felt that their returns would be diminished and delayed if the back country were thrown open to settlers. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Then came the discovery of gold in the Klondike in 1896, and the question of easy access by sea to the Canadian back country became an urgent one. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor This point was cut by a road from the back country, across which was a heavy earthwork and a battery. Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Volume 1 In the back country, however, we have a considerable variety. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement By order of the Virginia legislature, an exhaustive investigation of the claims of the Transylvania Company was therefore made, hearings being held at various points in the back country. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 In midsummer, 1782, news of the cessation of hostilities between Great Britain and her former seaboard colonies reached the back country, and the commandant at Detroit made an honest effort to stop all offensive operations. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond A town will probably grow up just above the Pimos villages, as there is a rich back country, and the streams afford a valuable water power for running mills. Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona For miles we followed up that winding fissure through the towering walls, far into the chaos of back country that lies behind the Iron-bound Coast. On the Makaloa Mat Since my last, I have made another expedition into the back country, in the hope of finding some little run which had been overlooked. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement This economic condition caused the German immigrant, wherever he went, to become a settler of the back country, necessity compelling him to pass by the more expensive lands near the coast. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Foreign visitors to the back country were led to comment frequently on the number of men who had lost an eye or an ear, or had been otherwise maimed in these rough-and-tumble contests. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Nobody paid any attention to it because he's a back country Swede and his bill was very wordy. The Vision Splendid His friendships, his future, his country's destinies were at stake, while Belarab's camp wandered deviously over the back country as if influenced by the vacillation of the ruler's thought, the very image of uncertain fate. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows Thus, a run situated in the plains over which sheep are being constantly driven from the province of Nelson, will be in more danger than one on the remoter regions of the back country. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement The extraordinary scarcity of currency throughout the colony, especially in the back country, was another great hardship and a perpetual source of vexation. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Camp-meetings were usually planned and managed by Methodist circuit-riders or Baptist itinerant preachers, who hesitated not to carry their work into the remotest and most dangerous parts of the back country. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond But I am speakin' not of towns, but of the back country, where folks don't just merely arrive on the cyars, but come into the world the natural way, and grow up slow. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories With this ideal deeply ingrained by the test of experience, the American camper is appalled by the caravan his British cousins consider necessary for a trip into the African back country. The Land of Footprints The Waimakiriri flows from the back country out into the plains through a very beautiful narrow gorge. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement All these conditions gradually became intolerable to the uncultured but free spirited men of the back country. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 The vast American back country, with its inviting rivers and lakes, its shaded hills, and its sunny prairies, became English territory. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond They just get a half-and-half sort of fellow that'll take low wages and make it up with duffing, and of course he's not likely to look very sharp after the back country.' Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields The people of the back country were in not the slightest degree responsible for the revolt against British authority in the East. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond The back country of the Waimakiriri is inaccessible by dray, so that all the stores and all the wool have to be packed in and packed out on horseback. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement The germs of the great westward migration in the coming decade were thus working among the people of the back country. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 The soldier had won the back country for the new nation. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond When George came in he began to talk to make up for lost time, and told us where he had been—a long way out in some new back country, just taken up with sheep. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields In a letter to Dinwiddie, Washington expresses the apprehension that Augusta, Frederick, and Hampshire County will soon be depopulated, as the whole back country is in motion toward the southern colonies. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 As its name imports, it has some wood, though not much, for the Rangitata back country is very bare of timber. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement In the back country of North Carolina near the Mulberry Fields they found the whole woods full of Cherokee Indians engaged in hunting. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 In 1802 the development of the back country was freshly emphasized by the admission of Ohio as a State. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond We might take up a bit of back country, and put stock on it with some of the money we had left. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields The two streams of Ulstermen, the greater through Philadelphia, the lesser through Charleston, which poured into the Carolinas toward the middle of the century, quickly flooded the back country. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Skins were in such demand that they soon came to replace hard money, which was incredibly scarce in the back country, as a medium of exchange. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 In the middle years of the century many families of Virginia gentry removed to the back country of North Carolina in the fertile region ranging from Williamsborough on the east to Hillsborough on the west. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 |
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